CVE-2017-7704
Publication date 12 April 2017
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5, the DOF dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dof.c by using a different integer data type and adjusting a return value.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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wireshark | 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 2.6.3-1~ubuntu16.04.1
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14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1
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Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.5 · High |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
Other references
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13453
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=6032b0fe5fc1176ab77e03e20765f95fbd21b19e
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=da53a90b6895e47e03c5de05edf84bd99d535fd8
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-17.html
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7704